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obama's chicago home. the police say that it is likely she was the victim of a gang war. dean reynolds has discovered why gang relates murders have become so difficult to solve. for almost seven years, pam and tom bosley have been hoping for a measure of justice. >> my son was murdered april 4th, 2006. >> but no one has paid a price except terrell's family. >> the first year when this happened to terrell, it was real hard for me, and i tried to save my life twice. >> a suspect was arrested and tried, but then acquitted, the evidence was sparse, the witnesses willing to testify, few, even though terrell was shot in a church parking lot on a busy street. >> people were out there, but nobody said anything, yes, people coming home from work, they were driving back you had to see somebody running down the street with a gun and shooting it. in many of these murders, a code of styles descend like a burial shroud. >> tom byrne is chicago's chief of detectives. >> people don't want to cooperate, and don't, violate the snitch code, people who live in the community, the good people
obama's chicago home. the police say that it is likely she was the victim of a gang war. dean reynolds has discovered why gang relates murders have become so difficult to solve. for almost seven years, pam and tom bosley have been hoping for a measure of justice. >> my son was murdered april 4th, 2006. >> but no one has paid a price except terrell's family. >> the first year when this happened to terrell, it was real hard for me, and i tried to save my life twice. >> a...
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but obama senior advisor dan plieffer told bob schieffer today the white house only learned of the probe this month. >> are you trying to tell me that a wisp of this didn't get over to the white house during an election year, that there may be something going on over there at the irs, that we ought to find about that. >> yes, i'm telling you that. the first the white house was made aware of it from the treasury department a few weeks ago. to the the details what happened, not the results of the investigation but that an independent investigation was about to conclude. >> if the president was so up set about this when he found out about it, why did he wait three days to say anything. >> because we waited for the facts. >> reporter: friday treasuries inspector general told congress the since nationalee office unfairly targeted some conservative groups but the investigation didn't pinpoint who exactly was responsible. the irs is conducting a 30 day review of the entire organization. republican senator john cornyn. >> i have a very hard time believing this is something cooked up it cincinnat
but obama senior advisor dan plieffer told bob schieffer today the white house only learned of the probe this month. >> are you trying to tell me that a wisp of this didn't get over to the white house during an election year, that there may be something going on over there at the irs, that we ought to find about that. >> yes, i'm telling you that. the first the white house was made aware of it from the treasury department a few weeks ago. to the the details what happened, not the...
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three years in an eight by 10 shell. one former inmate's case for ending solitary cob finement. one former inmate's case for ending solitary cob finement. and remembering golfing legend ken venturi. but with copd making it hard to breathe, so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better. and that means...fish on! symbicort is for copd including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. with copd, i thought i'd miss our family tradition. now symbicort significantly improves my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. and that makes a difference in my breathing. today, we're ready for whatever swims our way. ask your doctor about symbicort. i got my first prescription free. call or click to learn mo
three years in an eight by 10 shell. one former inmate's case for ending solitary cob finement. one former inmate's case for ending solitary cob finement. and remembering golfing legend ken venturi. but with copd making it hard to breathe, so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better. and that means...fish on! symbicort is...
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michelle obama attends the funeral of a 15-year-old shot to death in chicago. dean reynolds on the message of the service. and meet the meditation man. he thinks there ought to be a law to live more thoughtfully and is in position to get one passed. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. travel bans in connecticut, rhode island, and massachusetts have been lifted, but moving about the northeast is still treacherous tonight. a fierce blizzard has buried cars on roads from new york to maine. up and down the coast, tides surged high, flooding low-lying areas, but the storm did spare most of the shoreline still recovering from super storm sandy. at least four death deaths are blamed on the storm, and high winds have left more than 600,000 customers without power. many areas had more than two and a half feet of snow. they got 40 inches in hampden, connecticut. we begin tonight with terrell brown in quincy, massachusetts. terrell. >> reporter: residents are digging out from nearly three feet of snow that
michelle obama attends the funeral of a 15-year-old shot to death in chicago. dean reynolds on the message of the service. and meet the meditation man. he thinks there ought to be a law to live more thoughtfully and is in position to get one passed. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. travel bans in connecticut, rhode island, and massachusetts have been lifted, but moving about the northeast is still treacherous...
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message to congress this weekend says fewer than 300 people were identified through the program last year. and all of them were suspected of having ties to foreign terrorist organizations. >> releasing that information is part of an effort by the obama administration to alleviate fears about the nsa surveillance programs. white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough appeared today on cbs's face the nation. >> does the president feel that he is vie, has violated the privacy of any american? >> he does not. >> mcdonough was asked about assertions by edward snowden the former nsa contractor who admits he leaked information on the programs to the media. >> he claimed, for example, he could listen in on anybody's conversation, including the president's. >> and he had the money number. >> did he overstate his ability to do these things? >> it surely is my view he did. >> mcdonough says the nsa surveillance programs were supported by bipartisan majorities in congress, michigan republican mike rogers is chairman of the house intelligence committee. >> it is legal and i believe i believe comports w
message to congress this weekend says fewer than 300 people were identified through the program last year. and all of them were suspected of having ties to foreign terrorist organizations. >> releasing that information is part of an effort by the obama administration to alleviate fears about the nsa surveillance programs. white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough appeared today on cbs's face the nation. >> does the president feel that he is vie, has violated the privacy of any...
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obama intends to bring home 34,000 of them by this time next year. most u.s. combat troops are due home by the end of 2014. charlie d'agata is at our afghan bureau in the capital kabul and, charlie, i wonder, what is this going to mean to the troops on the ground? >> reporter: well, the key question, scott, is the time frame. any commanders here will tell you that they want as many boots on the ground for as long as they can, certainly through the summer and the fall when the fighting picks up against the taliban. and there's a lot of work to be done, especially along eastern afghanistan where insurgents have been infiltrating from safe havens in pakistan. they're holding territory there. they're launching attacks here in kabul. u.s. troops are also focused on the south around kandahar, the birthplace of the taliban. now, it's been announced that the afghans will be taking the lead in the spring. but what we've seen for ourselves is u.s. forces fighting right alongside them providing the firepower, air support and medical evacuation. >> pelley: charlie d'agata
obama intends to bring home 34,000 of them by this time next year. most u.s. combat troops are due home by the end of 2014. charlie d'agata is at our afghan bureau in the capital kabul and, charlie, i wonder, what is this going to mean to the troops on the ground? >> reporter: well, the key question, scott, is the time frame. any commanders here will tell you that they want as many boots on the ground for as long as they can, certainly through the summer and the fall when the fighting...
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. >> reporter: california gun sales have steadily risen from 350,000 in 2002 to last year's record. recently, some gun owners are become worried that president obama's reelection and the newtown shooting would lead to more gun control. military-style weapons have become popular for target practice and self-defense. yet, despite the rise in gun sales here in california, there has not been a corresponding rise in gun deaths, or gun injuries. hospitalizations for gun injuries have actually dropped nearly 28%, and gun deaths by 15%. >> when i see the sales go up, i'm-- i'm-- i don't like that. my officers have to face these guns on the street. >> reporter: charlie beck is the chief of the los angeles police department. he credits a five-year crackdown on gangs in the drop in shooting deaths. gang crimes account for half the homicides in l.a. also, gun buy-back programs have taken nearly 10,000 guns off l.a. streets since 2009. >> what i worry about are guns that fall into the wrong hands, guns that are excess and become unwanted. those are the kind of guns that are used in murders in lo
. >> reporter: california gun sales have steadily risen from 350,000 in 2002 to last year's record. recently, some gun owners are become worried that president obama's reelection and the newtown shooting would lead to more gun control. military-style weapons have become popular for target practice and self-defense. yet, despite the rise in gun sales here in california, there has not been a corresponding rise in gun deaths, or gun injuries. hospitalizations for gun injuries have actually...
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. >> reporter: president obama said the threat of terror will never be eliminated but that 12 years after 9/11 the fight can and must be conducted on a smaller scale. >> from our use of drones to the detention of terror suspects, the decisions that we are making now will define the type of nation and world that relieve to our children. >> reporter: mr. obama has deployed drones more aggressively than president obama. for that, the president offered no apologies. >> dozens of highly skilled al qaeda commanders, trainers, bomb makers and operatives have been taken off the battlefield. plots have been disrupted that would have targeted international aviation, u.s. transit systems, european cities and our troops in afghanistan. simply put, these strikes have saved lives. >> reporter: but they have also killed hundreds of civilians and this week mr. obama ordered sharp new limits on drone killings with the pentagon, not the c.i.a., calling the shots. >> and before any strike is taken there must be near certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured. >> reporter: the justice department h
. >> reporter: president obama said the threat of terror will never be eliminated but that 12 years after 9/11 the fight can and must be conducted on a smaller scale. >> from our use of drones to the detention of terror suspects, the decisions that we are making now will define the type of nation and world that relieve to our children. >> reporter: mr. obama has deployed drones more aggressively than president obama. for that, the president offered no apologies. >>...
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who has become a tragic symbol of gun violence in chicago. 15-year-old hidiya pendleton was shot in a park not far from the obamas' home just a few days after she performed at the president's inauguration with her high school band. in south africa, a big catch landed a fisherman in big trouble. two years ago, leon bekker reeled in killed a great white shark and he took the pictures to prove it. turns out killing a great white violates south african law so bekker pleaded guilty and he is the first person to be penalized under that law and ordered to pay a $13,000 fine. nelson mandela's family said today he's in good health and doing very well after his recent stay in the hospital. they released a new picture taken last weekend of the former south african president with his youngest great-grandchild, one-year-old zen. mandela, who is 94, is recovering from gallstone surgery. they were caught in the middle when russia banned adoptions by americans. so what happened to their child? that's next. is geared specifically ice to current and former military members and their families. [ laugh
who has become a tragic symbol of gun violence in chicago. 15-year-old hidiya pendleton was shot in a park not far from the obamas' home just a few days after she performed at the president's inauguration with her high school band. in south africa, a big catch landed a fisherman in big trouble. two years ago, leon bekker reeled in killed a great white shark and he took the pictures to prove it. turns out killing a great white violates south african law so bekker pleaded guilty and he is the...
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., but their parents have been here illegally for 22 years. their father declined to appear on camera. lupe says they have earned a path to citizenship. >> i have my own business. i'm living here like an american citizen because i pay taxes. >> we're aspiring citizens, that's what it is. so i -- obama promised us an immigration reform. >> reporter: so what would these changes mean to your family? >> well, i think we'd feel more secure, we don't have to live with the fear of being deported, having our family torn apart. >> that's a calculation that they made when they came into the country illegally. >> reporter: jack martin is with the federation for american immigration reform, a group that lobbies for strict immigration enforcement. >> they've been in the country breaking the law all that period of time and that should earn them no priority with regard to people who've been waiting outside the country. >> reporter: martin says allowing the collins to stay in the u.s. will be no more effective at stopping illegal immigration than a 1986 law t
., but their parents have been here illegally for 22 years. their father declined to appear on camera. lupe says they have earned a path to citizenship. >> i have my own business. i'm living here like an american citizen because i pay taxes. >> we're aspiring citizens, that's what it is. so i -- obama promised us an immigration reform. >> reporter: so what would these changes mean to your family? >> well, i think we'd feel more secure, we don't have to live with the fear...
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. >> president obama said in a statement that living in the city for the past four years he has seen how unfair it is for working families in d.c. to work hard, raise children, and pay taxes without having a vote in congress. d.c.'s nonvoting delegate to congress introduced another bill called the new columbia admission act. if passed it would give the district state status and it would become the 51st state. the measure hasn't even come close to approval in past years. there's another separate bill that would give the district final say over its budget matters. >>> still ahead on 9news now this night. how cold it's going to be this weekend. erica grow has the forecast just ahead. look, you he copd likme, you kn it cabe hard to eathe,n. copdspirivhelps ntrol onchi copd mptomsa.likme, open f 24 hos.ys ira handihal tiotriummenthat do. omide inhation pder llooue urinatin orve dnan enlargeprosta.,ms these y wors with spira. stop ting spiva and se immediate dical lp. yr breathin suddenly wsens, visionhangesr eye pain or problempassinurine. other de effts includey moutand. nothincan rerse
. >> president obama said in a statement that living in the city for the past four years he has seen how unfair it is for working families in d.c. to work hard, raise children, and pay taxes without having a vote in congress. d.c.'s nonvoting delegate to congress introduced another bill called the new columbia admission act. if passed it would give the district state status and it would become the 51st state. the measure hasn't even come close to approval in past years. there's another...
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the automatic spending cuts that start on friday come to $85 billion this year and mr. obama had this to say in an appearance today in virginia at the newport news shipyard. >> when you're cutting $85 billion in seven months, there's no smart way to do that. you don't want to have to choose between, let's see, do i close funding for the disabled kid or the poor kid? do i close this navy shipyard or some other one? >> pelley: the across-the-board cuts that start friday can be reversed any time that the president and congress agree to a better way. late today senior officials at the white house said it does not look hopeful that the issue will be resolved before this weekend. the senate is working on two competing bills now. the senate also today approved a new secretary of defense, republican chuck hagel, the former senator from nebraska, was confirmed 58-41. hagel only got four republican votes. it is stormy in washington tonight and another storm that pounded texas and oklahoma is now moving through the midwest. heavy snow is making travel nearly impossible all the way
the automatic spending cuts that start on friday come to $85 billion this year and mr. obama had this to say in an appearance today in virginia at the newport news shipyard. >> when you're cutting $85 billion in seven months, there's no smart way to do that. you don't want to have to choose between, let's see, do i close funding for the disabled kid or the poor kid? do i close this navy shipyard or some other one? >> pelley: the across-the-board cuts that start friday can be...
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when president obama appeared -- >> president barack obama. (cheers and applause) >> reporter: -- the crowd erupted. then he stood to eulogize mandela. his speech was personal. >> over 30 years ago, while still a student, i learned of mandela and the struggle taking place in this beautiful land and it stirred something in me. it woke me up to my responsibilities to others and to myself and it set me on an improbable journey that finds me here today. and while i will always fall short of my deepest examples, he makes me want to be a better man. >> reporter: his speech was passionate. >> we know that, like south africa, the united states had to overcome centuries of racial segregation. as was true here, it took sacrifice, the sacrifice of countless people known and unknown to see the dawn of the new day. >> reporter: the cheers for the u.s. president stood? sharp contrast to the reaction to the south african president. (boos) jacob zuma's government is mired in allegations of corruption and cronyism and he stood to speak the crowd syriaed him. b
when president obama appeared -- >> president barack obama. (cheers and applause) >> reporter: -- the crowd erupted. then he stood to eulogize mandela. his speech was personal. >> over 30 years ago, while still a student, i learned of mandela and the struggle taking place in this beautiful land and it stirred something in me. it woke me up to my responsibilities to others and to myself and it set me on an improbable journey that finds me here today. and while i will always...
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president obama chose samantha power for the u.n. post. power worked on human rights in the administration and wrote a pulitzer prize winning book on genocide. major garrett is at the white house for us this evening. major? >> reporter: scott, a quiet and powerful force, tom donilon was often the lasted a visor president obama consulted on big military and foreign policy decisions, donilon almost never invited controversy. the same cannot be said of his replacement. susan rice was battered for her televised description of the deadly september, 2012, attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi. >> we do not have information at present that leads us to conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned. >> reporter: republicans were furious she did not call it a terrorist attack and their opposition led mr. obama to nominate john kerry over rice as secretary of state. but mr. obama has always considered her a trusted advisor. while at the u.n., she advocated for intervention in libya and pushed new economic sanctions against north korea and iran t
president obama chose samantha power for the u.n. post. power worked on human rights in the administration and wrote a pulitzer prize winning book on genocide. major garrett is at the white house for us this evening. major? >> reporter: scott, a quiet and powerful force, tom donilon was often the lasted a visor president obama consulted on big military and foreign policy decisions, donilon almost never invited controversy. the same cannot be said of his replacement. susan rice was...
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was five years ago. >> the president was encouraged by the iranian president. so he is ordering secretary of state, john kerry, to pursue a nuclear agreement. >> i believe the nuclear task -- >> now, we are just seven days away from a possible pal
was five years ago. >> the president was encouraged by the iranian president. so he is ordering secretary of state, john kerry, to pursue a nuclear agreement. >> i believe the nuclear task -- >> now, we are just seven days away from a possible pal
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>> reporter: state senator mckinney told us he does expect new gun control laws in connecticut this year. and, scott, the parents of sandy hook victims, they have some ideas of their own that will be announced on monday. >> pelley: michelle, thank you. we learned today that president obama will nominate his chief of staff, jack lew, to be the new secretary of the treasury. he will be a key player in the coming battles over the budget and raising the federal debt limit. lew previously served as budget director and he was an executive with the banking giant citigroup. now, any idea what this is? you could be seeing a lot of it. it is jack lew's signature which would appear on the bills in your pocket just like that unless he takes a penmanship lesson from tim geithner whose signature looked like this until he became treasury secretary and made it legible. secretary of state hillary clinton told reporters today that she is thrilled to be back at work but she said it is better sweet because she will soon be stepping down. the secretary said she wouldn't call it retirement, just stepping off
>> reporter: state senator mckinney told us he does expect new gun control laws in connecticut this year. and, scott, the parents of sandy hook victims, they have some ideas of their own that will be announced on monday. >> pelley: michelle, thank you. we learned today that president obama will nominate his chief of staff, jack lew, to be the new secretary of the treasury. he will be a key player in the coming battles over the budget and raising the federal debt limit. lew...
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there have been seven shootings since last night, but it was the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl just a mile from president obama's chicago home that prompted this crackdown, and dean reynolds has more. >> hadiya pendleton was shot in the back on tuesday as she and some friends gathered at this park on the way home from high school. targeted, police said, by a gunman who likely thought they were rival gang members tress patting on his turf. damon stewart is i had dia's godfather and chicago policeman. >> one individual walks in, and somebody does a shooting. nothing you can do about it. >> reporter: but the plan announced today to shift 200 police officers from desk job to constitute duty is one initiative designed to saturate gang-infested neighborhoods with law enforcement. >> as we grieve for hadiya, we need to work together to protect our greatest resource-- the children of the city of chicago. >> reporter: but in an interview earlier this month, the mayor admitted it will take more than flooding chicago with cops to stop the killing. >> there's an element to that. there's an
there have been seven shootings since last night, but it was the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl just a mile from president obama's chicago home that prompted this crackdown, and dean reynolds has more. >> hadiya pendleton was shot in the back on tuesday as she and some friends gathered at this park on the way home from high school. targeted, police said, by a gunman who likely thought they were rival gang members tress patting on his turf. damon stewart is i had dia's godfather and...
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as a matter of fact, republicans say this is president obama's problem. he needs to solve it with new spending cuts, alternative spending cuts because they refuse to raise taxes again this year. and as for talks, well, all we have are jokes on capitol hill. the top aide house majority leader eric cantor today said president obama has spent more time playing golf with tiger woods than he has been negotiating with congressional republicans. >> pelley: major, thank you very much. one of america's top generals made a surprising decision tod today. john allen, former commander in afghanistan, turned down the most prestigious overseas job in the military. commander of nato. allen said he will retire instead to care for his wife who suffers with an auto immune disease. allen's nomination was put on hold last year when he was investigated for allegedly exchanging inappropriate emails with a florida socialite, but he was completely cleared of that charge, and the nomination was expected to go forward. a rape in india has touched off a revolution for women. thieves
as a matter of fact, republicans say this is president obama's problem. he needs to solve it with new spending cuts, alternative spending cuts because they refuse to raise taxes again this year. and as for talks, well, all we have are jokes on capitol hill. the top aide house majority leader eric cantor today said president obama has spent more time playing golf with tiger woods than he has been negotiating with congressional republicans. >> pelley: major, thank you very much. one of...
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they plan to live here the next 30 years. ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >> pelley: in america's most famous house, first ladies can be trendsetters, so when the white house put out this photograph of michelle obama today, her 49th birthday, her new haircut caught our eye. the word is out-- bangs are in. it was a national catch phrase-- got a problem? write dear abbey. millions did and we'll remember next. am or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. i wish my patients could see what i see. ♪ that over time, having high cholesterol and any of these risk factors can put them at increased risk for plaque buildup in their arteries. so it's even more important to lower their cholesterol, and that's why, when diet and exercise alone aren't enough, i prescribe crestor. in a clinical trial versus lipitor, crestor got more high-risk patients' bad cholesterol to a goal of under 100. [ female announcer ] crestor is not right for everyone. like
they plan to live here the next 30 years. ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >> pelley: in america's most famous house, first ladies can be trendsetters, so when the white house put out this photograph of michelle obama today, her 49th birthday, her new haircut caught our eye. the word is out-- bangs are in. it was a national catch phrase-- got a problem? write dear abbey. millions did and we'll remember next. am or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a...
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. >> pelley: good evening, today a very optimistic president obama predicted the that 2014 could be a breakthrough year on the economy for the united states, but he conceded that he'll have to deal with some unfinished business from 2013, including the surveillance programs exposed by edward snowden. on monday, a federal judge said the collection of phone records of millions of americans is probably unconstitutional. then, on wednesday, a panel appointed by the president said the program needs to be reigned in. well, today, the president signaled that he's ready to do that. but is he ready to cut the fugitive snowden any slack? snowden was granted asylum by russia. he's charged with stealing and spreading classified information. major garrett asked the president about all this at the news conference today. major? >> reporter: scott, the idea of the obama administration granting amnesty or negotiating a plea agreement with edward snowden was first raised by rick leggett, he's the head of the government task force on the snowden leaks. under what circumstances would you consider either
. >> pelley: good evening, today a very optimistic president obama predicted the that 2014 could be a breakthrough year on the economy for the united states, but he conceded that he'll have to deal with some unfinished business from 2013, including the surveillance programs exposed by edward snowden. on monday, a federal judge said the collection of phone records of millions of americans is probably unconstitutional. then, on wednesday, a panel appointed by the president said the program...
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he leaves behind a wife, a 10-year-old son, and a four-year-old daughter. the shoot-out in california was raging as president obama drove to the capitol to talk about gun violence and about lifting the middle class. his state of the union address was dominated by jobs. 12 million americans are unemployed, and another 11 million are stuck with part-time work or have just given up looking. republicans last night were skeptical, to say the least. so as major garrett tells us, mr. obama took his plan to the people. >> reporter: in north carolina today, president obama toured linamar, a factory where 160 employees build commercial truck engines and axles. on this spot three years ago, volvo employed 228 workers before shutting down. 228 jobs to zero to 160. the recovery in miniature, with manufacturing jobs one indicator of economic health. >> i believe we attract new jobs to america by investing in new source of energy and new infrastructure and the next generation of high-wage, high-tech american manufacturing. i believe in manufacturing. ( applause ) i think
he leaves behind a wife, a 10-year-old son, and a four-year-old daughter. the shoot-out in california was raging as president obama drove to the capitol to talk about gun violence and about lifting the middle class. his state of the union address was dominated by jobs. 12 million americans are unemployed, and another 11 million are stuck with part-time work or have just given up looking. republicans last night were skeptical, to say the least. so as major garrett tells us, mr. obama took his...